In today’s podcast episode, Kim and I talk about our experience of navigating the German healthcare system. We also compare it to what we know about the UK (and the US). Specifically, we discuss:
- Breaking a bone – Kim’s comparison of the healthcare systems in the UK and Germany
- Suzanne’s three very different experiences with German hospitals over the years
- Public and private health insurance – how to avoid the minefield
- How your general practitioner (GP or in German, Hausarzt/Hausärtzin) works and how you can see specialist doctors and consultants
- Channelling your inner German to get what you want and need
- A tip to prepare you for a visit to the doctor’s in Germany
- How much English you can use at the doctor’s
- Hospital food!!
- Where to get basic medication like painkillers
- Where to go to get emergency medical help outside of doctors’ offices’ opening hours
- Bedside manners – or not…
- Our overall experience of the German healthcare system
- And finally, Kim’s story of how she was looked after early on in the pandemic when she got COVID
Suggested place to get advice for health insurance: https://www.iamexpat.de/expat-info/german-health-insurance
What’s your experience of the German healthcare system? Let me know in the comments below!
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